Start of school New record number of pupils in the canton of Basel-Stadt
1710 kindergarten children and 1720 primary school pupils had their first day of school in the canton of Basel-Stadt on Monday. It was also the first day of school for Mustafa Atici (SP), the new member of the Basel cantonal government. Never before has the canton had so many pupils as this year.
12.08.2024, 10:51
12.08.2024, 10:52
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He was also a little excited today, said Atici, who has been Director of Education since May, in front of the new first-graders at the Volta elementary school in St. Johann. "Now the adventure really begins!"
Atici said that a new journey had begun for 1,720 pupils in Basel's elementary school. That's 80 fewer first-graders than in the previous year, according to statistics published on Monday. However, the total number of pupils at primary school level increased by 240 to 10,200. In the kindergartens, the number of new admissions fell by 20, while the total number of kindergarten children rose by 30 to 3,470.
New record
The schools in Basel-Stadt have a total of 27,825 pupils. This is 515 more than in the previous year - and is a new record. At elementary school, the number of pupils rose by 310 to 18,520, at post-compulsory secondary schools and vocational schools by 205 to 9,305. Only the number of pupils at the vocational baccalaureate school fell by 70 to 920.
There are 477 pupils from Ukraine at schools in Basel-Stadt, most of them at elementary school.
The Department of Education also reported that the number of pupils with special educational needs fell for the first time in the 2023/2024 school year by 103 to 716. In contrast, the number of pupils in segregated classes increased by 56 to 530 in the 2023/2024 school year compared to the previous year.
